On the carriage, the ministers discussed the newly built Anhu Avenue.
"I have never seen such a straight, spacious and flat avenue!"
"Yes, I originally thought we would arrive at Hu County after dark, but I never thought we would arrive so soon!"
"With the Anhu Avenue, Hu County has become the closest county to Chang'an, with convenient travel. But Du He, a stubborn person, actually tried to drive away the nobles. Do you think this is something human beings do?
"
When it comes to Anhu Avenue, everyone gives a thumbs up.
But when Du He was mentioned, everyone slandered him.
We are about to enter the county seat of Huxian County.
Hooves clatter.
Hooves clatter.
In the direction of the county town, a group of people suddenly appeared.
It is the Huxian City Guancheng Brigade.
There were more than twenty people in the city management team, riding on tall horses. They came up and conducted an interrogation of Wang Gui, Changsun Wuji and others.
No matter how angry the ministers were, it was useless. Anyway, there was an order from King Li Ke of Shu to manage the city gate, and no one would buy it.
This back and forth wasted half an hour.
Just when the ministers thought they could enter Hu County, they saw several more people coming from a distance.
The leader was none other than Ma Zhou.
Ma Zhou stepped forward and said respectfully: "Master Wang, Master Changsun, and other gentlemen, my young master knows that you have come from Chang'an and are very tired from the journey, so I specially prepared a feast and invited you to come and study the food.
Come and taste it in the courtyard!”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Wang Gui waved his hand: "Ma Zhou, we are here in Hu County to investigate the land enclosure movement for Your Majesty. As far as I know, this matter has a lot to do with Du He. How can we eat from him?"
, you go back and tell Du He not to use such means to bribe us!"
Changsun Wuji also said: "Master Wang is right, Du He underestimates me too!"
"Yes, we are all loyal ministers of the imperial court, how can we be bribed with just a meal?"
"That's right!"
Everyone was filled with indignation.
Everyone rolled up their sleeves to show their integrity and high moral standards.
Ma Zhou listened and nodded: "My lords, you are overthinking it. My young master has no such intention... However, since you don't want to go, you can't force it. It's just a pity for the table of potato and beef stew that was just made.
!”
With that said, Ma Zhou turned around and left.
Wang Gui's ears were sharp. He was stunned, grabbed Ma Zhou's sleeve, and asked hurriedly: "What did you say?"
"Potato stew with beef!" Ma Zhou repeated.
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.
Beef, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it is illegal to slaughter cattle and eat beef.
Therefore, even if some people eat beef, they would not dare to blatantly say on the street that my family is eating beef tonight.
Even the ministers of the DPRK, under the leadership of Cheng Yaojin, had to be secretive.
As for potatoes, Your Majesty has decreed that potatoes are auspicious. Because the quantity of planting is not large, we must try our best to expand the planting area after spring plowing, so we cannot eat them yet.
Du He, this guy, actually combined the two?
Both of these are good things.
Put the two together, wouldn't it be the most delicious thing in the world?
Many people started to drool.
In addition, everyone set off from Chang'an early in the morning. It was already past noon, and before I even took a sip of water, my stomach suddenly started growling.
Wei Zheng couldn't help but asked first: "Du He is making potato and beef stew for us at the Food Research Institute. Where are they?"
Ma Zhou smiled and said: "Master Wei, the young master is naturally at the county government office."
Wei Zheng was silent for a while and said: "Since I don't want to meet Du He, it doesn't count as a bribe. I heard that the current director of the Food Research Institute is Dai Jinyun, and this son is Master Dai's. Nephew, as a nephew, it is reasonable and reasonable for me to entertain you, what do you think?"
Everyone laughed.
"Yeah yeah!"
"Master Dai, would it be okay if you asked your nephew to entertain me for a meal?"
"That boy Dai Jinyun, I hugged him when he was a child, and he peed on my hand. Now that he has grown up, he still remembers my kindness!"
"Let's go, everyone!"
So, everyone discussed it, and happily and joyfully asked the driver to turn the horses' heads and head towards the pig farm in Huxian County.
Ma Zhou couldn't laugh or cry.
He couldn't help cursing: "These old guys have to make so many excuses for every meal, ugh!"
Everyone soon arrived at the Huxian Pig Farm and entered the Food Research Institute.
Sure enough, Dai Zhou relied on his old age and called Dai Jinyun over to pretend to explain.
The beef stew with potatoes was served quickly.
Not to mention eating it, just smelling it is already addictive and can't extricate oneself.
After tasting them one by one, they were even more amazed.
There are such delicious things in the world, and everyone praised them one after another.
As for the investigation of the land enclosure movement, it has long been forgotten by everyone.
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Hu County, within the county seat.
Liang Kai and others have already led a huge convoy and circled the city for more than ten times.
But no one from the imperial court was seen.
The people he sent out to inquire about the news went out of the city to inquire. They only said that the carriages and horses of the civil and military ministers had suddenly disappeared near Hu County and were missing.
Liang Kai and Yang Cheng were stunned immediately.
Could it be that Du He was so bold that he quietly dealt with all the officials sent by the imperial court?
While the two were guessing, many nobles gave up and came over to question them. Liang Kai and Yang Cheng could only explain helplessly.
At this moment, the sound of galloping horse hooves was heard not far away.
Yang Kai and others turned to look around, only to see two to three hundred people from Guancheng of Hu County, riding on tall horses, carrying weapons and shields, rushing towards them in a mighty manner.
The leader of the team was Li Ke, the captain of Guancheng Brigade.
Everyone's expressions changed.
Li Ke got off his horse and walked up to Liang Kai and others, surrounded by more than a dozen Guancheng.
Although everyone was filled with resentment, they had to salute Li Ke respectfully. This was not an ordinary person, this was a prince.
Liang Kai asked again: "May I ask His Highness, King of Shu, why you are responsible for mobilizing the city management team?"
Li Ke held a riding crop in his hand, pointed at Liang Kai and others, and said coldly: "Master Liang, I have been watching you for a long time. Since early this morning, you have appeared on the streets of the county with this moving convoy, surrounding you. The streets are wandering back and forth, circle after circle. Are you plotting something evil? Why is it that the sun is going down now, but it never leaves? As the captain of the city management brigade of Huxian County, I am responsible for the security of Huxian County. I, the king, suspects that you have bad intentions, so within the limit of one stick of incense, all of you must leave the county, otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude!"
Liang Kai said aggrievedly: "Your Highness, we...we originally planned to leave Huxian County. After all, our family property and land have been sold. However, there is no suitable place to go at the moment. Can you allow me to wait in the county seat again?" How many days will you stay?”
Their purpose was simple, that is, to wait for the officials who came to investigate from the imperial court to arrive, so that they could see the messy situation in Hu County.
Now, Wang Gui and others are nowhere to be seen, how can everyone leave!
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(Thanks [Ali said:] for the reward, brothers, and for the support! We need a batch of supporting actors recently. Brothers who are interested, please join the book club group to chat privately about the Western Zhou Dynasty!) (To be continued)